NLEX, SCTEX, TPLEX to conduct interoperability testing of AutoSweep and EasyTrip RFIDs

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) announces that the SMC TPLEX Corp. (SMCTC), the Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), and the NLEX Corp. (NLEX) will conduct testing for the interoperability of their cashless payment systems. This initiative also aims to determine the Read Rate Percentage of the AutoSweep and EasyTrip RFIDs, which will be used in the major expressways in Luzon.

Las pruebas de interoperabilidad de 14 días se llevarán a cabo en la Autopista del Norte de Luzón (NLEX), la Autopista Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union (TPLEX) y la Autopista Subic-Clark-Tarlac (SCTEX).

A subsidiary of the San Miguel Holdings Corporation, toll concessionaire, and TPLEX operator SMCTC uses the AutoSweep RFID tag. Meanwhile, MPTC, which handles NLEX and SCTEX, uses the EasyTrip RFIDs for cashless toll collection.

The test is part of the ongoing campaign by the DOTr, through the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB), to implement a policy of toll interoperability for the fast, efficient, and seamless travel of motorists along various toll roads, as the country continues to recover from the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

“We are grateful to our private partners who have demonstrated their unparalleled support in this project. We need their assistance to fast-track the necessary measures to fully implement toll interoperability. Hindi ‘ho namin ito kakayanin mag-isa. Tulung-tulong ‘ho tayo muli. At dahil sa kinakaharap nating pandemya, kailangan 'ho nating bilisan ang programang ito,” DOTr Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade said.

Una etiqueta RFID AutoSweep se activará usando una cuenta EasyTrip, y una etiqueta RFID EasyTrip se activará usando una cuenta AutoSweep. La prueba involucrará 45 vehículos que estarán compuestos equitativamente por diferentes clasificaciones de vehículos. Después de la prueba, los participantes deberán enviar sus informes de transacciones de prueba y grabaciones de video de dashcam al comité directivo para su validación y evaluación. Al comité directivo se le concederán cinco días para comparar los RFID y determinar el porcentaje de tasa de lectura a partir de la fecha de presentación.

The Toll Collection Interoperability project was initially launched in 2017 to "timely, smoothly, and fairly implement the interoperability of the electronic toll collection (ETC) systems."

Source: DOTr Facebook